Welfare assessments based on lifetime health and production data in Danish dairy cows

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 255-264

  Houe, Hans ^a   Sandøe, Peter ^a   Thomsen, Peter T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BREAST DISEASE; DAIRY CATTLE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; FARM ANIMAL; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HERD; INCIDENCE; LIFESPAN; LIMB DISEASE; LOCOMOTOR DISORDER; METABOLIC DISORDER; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE DISORDER; UDDER DISORDER;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; DENMARK; FEMALE; MILK;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 79959339135     PISSN: 10888705     EISSN: 15327604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888705.2011.576984     Document Type: Article

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